Bill Radke talks to Northwest News Network's Austin Jenkins about the case of Dale Peinecke, a former cabinet member in Governor Jay Inslee's office who was accused of making female co-workers uncomfortable.

Chef Renee Erickson pulls king salmon from menu after learning of starving orcas

Aug 20th, 2018 1m 2s

A Seattle restaurateur has stopped offering chinook salmon at her restaurants. Renee Erickson, chef and owner of a group of restaurants, including The Walrus and the Carpenter in Ballard, said she made the decision after learning about the plig

The story of one of America's first politically active athletes isn't what you think

Aug 20th, 2018 51m 40s

Author Dave Zirin co-wrote a book with former Seahawks star Michael Bennett about being an athlete who is also politically outspoken. Now Zirin's new book is about one of America's first activist athletes, it's called "Jim Brown: Last Man Stand

How far will we go to save a single, sick orca?

Aug 20th, 2018 3m 15s

There has been an extraordinary federal-local-tribal effort aimed at nursing the killer whale known as J50 back to health. But is it far enough? Seattle Times reporter Linda Mapes has been covering the operation, and she told KUOW’s Angela King

Tardy to school? You can no longer be suspended for that in Washington state

Aug 20th, 2018 54s

The school year starts in a few weeks in Washington. This year, no public school student can be expelled just because they are tardy or have unexcused absences on their record.

Some Seattle trees have had it with these dry summers

Aug 20th, 2018 3m 37s

It’s been a hot, dry summer in Seattle. This July was so warm it almost broke the record — you know, the one set way back in 2015. Year after year of especially dry summers is killing some of Seattle’s trees. But it’s been harder on some trees

Welcome to SeaCouver! Envisioning the Northwest of the future

Aug 18th, 2018 58m 1s

In the struggle to shape what life on earth will be like years from now, visionary futurists inspire us with dread and hope at turns. Author Brenda Cooper captures both in her books. Perhaps her day job as the Chief Information Officer at the c

Boycotting chinook salmon to save orcas? It won't do much

Aug 18th, 2018 4m 37s

Kim Malcolm talks with University of Washington fisheries science professor Ray Hilborn about whether boycotting chinook salmon will help the recovery of southern resident killer whales.

Week In Review: Live from Renton!

Aug 17th, 2018 50m 27s

After Richard Russell stole, flew and crashed a Horizon Air Q400 turboprop, an odd thing started popping up online: YouTube tribute videos. What drives people to glorify an incident like that and what can we learn from it?

Can modular homes help the city's housing affordability crisis?

Aug 17th, 2018 9m 23s

Ross Reynolds talks to Janet Pope, executive director of the Compass Housing Alliance. The group has been trying to build lower cost modular housing for homeless and low-income people for several years now. We look at why it's taking so long an

When will the smoky summer end?

Aug 17th, 2018 8m 21s

Ross Reynolds talks to Ian Bailey, a reporter for the Globe and Mail, about the provincewide state of emergency in British Columbia due to the ongoing wildfires. Those fires are causing a smoky summer in Seattle. Erik Saganic of the Puget Sound

Some immigrants withdraw from public benefits for fear of losing green cards

Aug 17th, 2018 11m 56s

Ross Reynolds talk to Sarah Sumadi, senior program manager at One America, and Aliya Haq, nutrition services supervisor with the International Community Health Services, about a rule change that could allow federal officials to deny green cards

How important is the 'Crazy Rich Asians' film?

Aug 17th, 2018 18m 50s

The new film Crazy Rich Asians features the first all-Asian cast since the Joy Luck Club . We speak to Hsiao-Ching Chou , author of Chinese Soul Food: A Friendly Guide for Homemade Dumplings, Stir Fries, Soups and More , Naomi Ishisaka , journa

Tuck some berries in your cake, says this Seattle baker

Aug 17th, 2018 3m 1s

Right now, the markets are brimming with berries. Charlie Dunmire is scoping out the berries at the stands, taking mental notes before deciding which ones she’ll buy. “Blackberries and raspberries are perfect for cakes right now because you can

This Yakima newspaper isn't backing down from Trump's attacks on the press

Aug 17th, 2018 4m 44s

Kim Malcolm talks with Yakima Herald editorial page editor Sam McManis about why he published an editorial denouncing President Trump's attacks on the press. The Yakima Herald joined hundreds of newspapers across the country that published edit

How we realized we needed to question other people's biases

Aug 16th, 2018 8m 59s

Everyday we encounter things we don’t question and just accept. Things like stop signs: why are they octagons? And fire trucks: why are they red? At first, these things don’t seem significant, but do they give us an inside view on how we see th

Wildfires in B.C. rage as Seattle's smoke slowly clears

Aug 16th, 2018 51m 15s

Ross Reynolds talks about the wildfire state of emergency in British Columbia with Ian Bailey , reporter for the Globe and Mail. We also talk about the consequences for the air quality in Seattle, with Erik Saganic of the Puget Sound Clean Air

Is a plane from Sea-Tac going to crash onto your house?

Aug 16th, 2018 3m 50s

Seattleites worry a lot about disasters. Earthquakes, landslides, forest fires (or at least the smoke from them) ... Then there's the concern that a plane might land on your head.

Is your joint ruining the environment?

Aug 16th, 2018 3m 26s

Washington state is dealing with a lot of weed waste — and we're not talking about the stuff you dig out of your yard. Our legal marijuana industry is creating a new waste problem. Seattle journalist Kristen Millares Young covered the story for

What to do when the smoke starts to get to you

Aug 16th, 2018 3m 33s

If you're a longtime Seattleite, this may seem like one of the worst weeks ever for air pollution. Air quality experts say ... that's probably true.

Politics across the state and in our schools

Aug 15th, 2018 49m 32s

Matt Manweller has been ousted from his teaching job at Central Washington University following accusations of inappropriate . But he hasn't yet been ousted from his position as frontrunner in his bid for re-election. KUOW's Austin Jenkins has

Six months after the Parkland shooting, local student activists reflect

Aug 15th, 2018 12m 8s

Bill Radke talks to two local student activists about how they were inspired to organize. We talk to Justin Velasco, who helped found the Seattle chapter of Students Demand Action, and Sophie Poole, who helped organize a student walkout at Merc

Part 5: Desperate for help, far from home

Aug 15th, 2018 4m 10s

Hospital stays are usually short: days, weeks, sometimes months. But when the state of Washington sent 16 patients with brain injuries to a rehabilitation hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, some of them ended up staying for years.